Movie: Bakuman
Romaji: Bakuman
Japanese: バクマン。
Director: Hitoshi One
Writer: Tsugumi Ohba (manga), Takeshi Obata (manga)
Producer: Minami Ichikawa
Cinematographer: Wataru Miyamoto
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Teen / Drama / Based on a Comic / Award Winning
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Moritaka Mashiro (Takeru Satoh) doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) to publish their first manga.
Notes
Based on manga series "Bakuman" by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (pubished August 11, 2008 to April 23, 2012 by Weekly Shonen Jump).
Filming begins May, 2014.
Cast
Takeru Satoh as Moritaka Mashiro
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Akito Takagi
Nana Komatsu as Miho Azuki
Kenta Kiritani as Shinta Fukuda
Hirofumi Arai as Kazuya Hiramaru
Sarutoki Minagawa as Takuro Nakai
Kankuro Kudo as Taro Kawaguchi
Takayuki Yamada as Akira Hattori
Lily Franky as Sasaki
Shota Sometani as Eiji Niizuma
Additional Cast Members:
Kazunari Tosa - Saito
Takashi Okabe